Conspiracy to Supply: When “Significantly Higher Than Category 1” Justifies Going Beyond Drug Guideline Ranges, with Class B Conspiracy as Aggravation 1. Introduction In R v Worrall & Ors [2026] EWCA...
Officer Apparent Bias Can Vitiate a s.193(7) CLEUD Revocation Where Members Rely on an Unfair and Unbalanced Report 1. Introduction Ocean One Hundred Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v New Forest...
Blackmail Guideline: “Substantial period” and “sophisticated planning” assessed per count, but totality may still justify a high overall term Case: Williamson, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 548 Court: Court...
Misuse of Corporate IT Administrator Access to Obtain Litigation Advantage Bars Equitable Relief and Engages the High Court’s Inherent Jurisdiction Case: Kelly v Store All Logistics Ltd (Approved)...
Staying Proceedings as Abuse of Process Where Police Fail to Obtain CCTV Central to Credibility (and a Fair Trial Cannot Be Cured by Directions) 1. Introduction R v HGF [2026] EWCA Crim 570 is a...
IPAT must give logical, explicit reasons when rejecting PTSD/memory evidence in credibility assessments 1) Introduction In G.K. (Ghana, Medical Evidence, Memory) v The International Protection...
Investor Warranties Do Not Ordinarily Prove Implied Waiver/Personal Bar at Debate: Proof Required Where Waiver Is Alleged Between Co‑Warrantors 1) Introduction In Reclaiming Motion by the Founder...
Section 50 Non-Refoulement Is Not a Standalone “Ordinary JR” Decision: Upstream International Protection Decisions Fall Within the 28-Day, Substantial-Grounds Regime Case: TE v The International...
Late “fraud” amendments refused where vague, unexplained and potentially limitation-defeating; other clarificatory amendments allowed (Order 28 RSC) Case: Tolan v Mayo County Council [No. 1]...
Inquest Scope and “Coronial Causation”: Police Omission Cannot Be Excluded as “Speculative” Without Key Criminal-Justice Materials Case: O'Brien, R (On the Application Of) v HM Assistant Coroner for...
Suspension is Not Presumptive: Immediate Custody May Be Required for Sustained, Extremely Dangerous Police-Evasion Driving 1) Introduction In Rex v Bristow ([2026] EWCA Crim 633), the Court of Appeal...
Arrest on an Outstanding Warrant During Jury Deliberations Does Not Automatically Require Re-Exercising the “Trial in Absence” Discretion 1) Introduction In [2026] EWCA Crim 559, the Court of Appeal...
Directing a Preliminary Issue on the Statute of Limitations Where “Fraud” Is Not Properly Pleaded Introduction In Tolan v Mayo County Council [No. 2] (Approved) [2026] IEHC 297, the High Court...
Standing as a Jurisdictional Constraint in Planning Judicial Review: Courts May Revisit Standing Absent Cross‑Appeal and Refuse “Busybody” Representative Challenges Case Duff, Application for...
Stays for Refusal of Genetic Testing: Relevance-First and Heightened Materiality for Sensitive “Trio Exome” Evidence 1. Introduction C. (A Minor) v Health Service Executive (Approved) [2026] IEHC 234...
Consent Under GDPR/PECR Is an Objective “Outward Indication”: No Subjective Autonomy Inquiry Case: RTM v Bonne Terre Ltd & Anor (Sky Betting and Gaming) Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 488; [2026] WLR(D)...
Schedule 10 paragraph 25 Sentencing Act 2020: Crown Court may revoke a magistrates’ community order when activating a suspended sentence imposed on committal for sentence 1. Introduction In R v...
Section 38 Courts of Justice Act 1936 Appeals Are De Novo Where Oral Evidence Was Given (and “Re-hearing” in Supreme Court Practice Does Not Alter That) Case: O'Brien and Anor v Gill (Approved)...
Limits of Section 3 HRA: No “Reading-In” Disability Protection for Armed Forces Service Under Equality Act Schedule 9 1. Introduction L & Anor v Ministry of Defence [2026] EWCA Civ 602 is a Court of...
Limits on Court-Ordered State Intervention in Foreign Hague Return Enforcement 1) Introduction In AB v An Taoiseach and Ors (Approved) [2026] IEHC 236, the High Court (Mr Justice Conleth Bradley)...